Archive | Gap Year

Sometimes words cannot quite capture the beauty of a place, the magic of moments, and the affinity one has towards a person’s hometown. For me, Hawaii is one of those places and our recent trip to the islands was an unforgettable one. So without further ado, I present 20 postcards from Hawaii: Spectacular Sunrises Stunning […]

Just when things start getting comfortable, life has a funny way of shaking things up again to get your attention. Travel intensifies this feeling of having little, if any, control over things that make you uncomfortable. This past week was a testament to the old adage, “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” We had […]

Traveling abroad doesn’t have to break the bank. In fact, you can create a ton of savings by traveling in a foreign country, short-term or long-term. The key is to travel to countries where the cost of living is lower than your home country. Living in Phuket, Thailand for the past month has been a […]

Our first night after departing the USA on our gap year was spent sleeping at Seoul’s Incheon Airport. This was a first for us. Previously, we had done red-eye flights with the kids (not recommended) and early morning flights (also not recommended, but better than red-eye flights). This time we flew from Honolulu to Incheon, […]

Our first international trip together as a new couple eleven years ago was to Phuket, Thailand. Now we’re back. But this time is different…We’ve brought our two kids with us. Why did we come to Phuket with the kids? Delicious, inexpensive food: From food carts to shopping malls, the food in Phuket is very cheap compared […]

On December 8, 2014, we officially embarked on our gap year of world travel. We’ll be traveling the world with our two young daughters. We actually just came back from a half year of travel in July 2014, so our family and friends are amazed–and perplexed–that we’re doing this again. These FAQs are the questions we’ve […]